“The profit motive has permeated all activity[…], if you want a Revolution, a communal evolution, maybe I’ll see you around”.
A lineup of powerful thoughts from Woody Harrelson as he points out the mistakes of our modern civilization in this short 3 minute video.
Here is the monthly roundup of both big and small victories for the good-doers for May 2013.
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Regarding the protection of bees and their importance to the global ecosystem:
EU bans pesticides over bee fears (Reuters)
Bee-harming pesticides escape proposed European ban (The Guardian)
EU says it will push through better bee protections after members disagree over pesticides (Washington Post)
Save the bees: Protesters swarm around Parliament in support of pesticides ban (Mirror)
Historic vote to ban neonicotinoid pesticides blamed for huge decline in bees (The Independent)
EU to ban pesticides linked to bee decline (Al Jazeera)
European Union imposes ban on pesticides linked to bee deaths (RFI)
EU to ban bee-killing pesticides (EU Observer)
Animal Protection:
The Protection of sea turtles in Mexico
Tarzan the tar-covered cat is saved by good Samaritan
Goat escapes from slaughterhouse to freedom
New York rescue crew saves ducklings from storm drain (with video)
State of Nevada bans dog breed discrimination
Stories of 2 homeless and their beloved dogs
Corporate:
Investment in alternative clean energies (solar energy) by Verizon
Monsanto surrenders and ends all lobbying in Europe
Technology:
Crossroads: Labor Pains of a New Worldview
This one hour documentary emphasizes oneness, how everything is interrelated to everything else as a whole. It explains how humanity got to where it is now and why there is an urgent need to overcome the present narrow mind-frame through which so many people still see the world. It analyses greed under a scientific scope and acknowledges how it will bring unhappiness not only to the world, but to the individual as well. It states the inherent need for the upcoming conscientiousness evolution which shall, ultimately, bring deliverance to modern society and the world.
I was eating Mexican food with my boyfriend and two other friends in a cozy restaurant in Hong Kong, iCaramba, as I swiftly looked at the time and noticed earth hour has just started and the lights were still on. Nevertheless, what could we do as we were in someone else’s restaurant and we dared not to switch off the lights without permission?
As we waited, we made a toast with our Mexican beers and endeavored to find a solution. All of a sudden, I gazed to the room which was further left by our table and realize that there were no lights on in that room and the waitress was lighting candles. I thought to myself that they were doing the earth hour, but someone denied and claimed it was a birthday. To clear my doubts I asked the waitress while she came to our table and also lighted a few candles and she confirmed. What a blissful surprise! That evening we smiled and our souls were also lightened.
To acknowledge the outcomes of the Earth Hour 2013 in our global community, read the article: http://earthhour.org/2013outcomes
A non-commercial short video about the Earth we all live in, it’s life, beauty, condition and the people who died protecting it.
The cut was put together by Vivek Chauhan, a young film maker, together with naturalists working with the Sanctuary Asia network. The main footage was taken from Yann Arthus-Bertrand’s film HOME.
(Source: knowledgeoftoday.org)
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